Life Lessons
by Terence Faircloth · updated 6d ago
Life Lessons
by Terence Faircloth · updated 6d ago
Terence Faircloth added 3mo ago
Don’t waste the rest of your time here worrying about other people—unless it affects the common good. It will keep you from doing anything useful. You’ll be too preoccupied with what so-and-so is doing, and why, and what they’re saying, and what they’re thinking, and what they’re up to, and all the other things that throw you off and keep you from
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The less energy we waste regretting the past or worrying about the future, the more energy we will have for what’s in front of us.
Terence Faircloth added 3mo ago
The less you desire, the richer you are, the freer you are, the more powerful you are. It’s that simple.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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Marcus Aurelius, summed it up in eight words—eight words that can determine your destiny: “Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
Terence Faircloth added 3mo ago
You have two essential tasks in life: to be a good person and to pursue the occupation that you love. Everything else is a waste of energy and a squandering of your potential. How does one do that? OK, that’s a tougher question. But the philosophy we see from the Stoics makes it simple enough: say no to distractions, to destructive emotions, to out
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